i request ur ocs infodump
kiss me, anon.
cw: child abuse, self-harm, alcoholism, general anguish and pain, and a heavy helping of doomed yaoi
let’s get this bread
so william grew up in wisconsin in a happy family of four, having two parents and a little sister named serenity. they are ridiculously smart and have received a scholarship by the time they’re in middle school. william also has a best friend, zander, who, too, is really bright. the two are placed in a class together to help them graduate early and get to their dream school all the way in new york. wow!!
here’s the rub; william’s mom is cheating. fights break through the house, and william, as the older sibling, needs to shield serenity from the yelling downstairs. the fighting leads to divorce, and dad takes the kids. while william deals with the stress by cutting, dad copes with alcohol. he’s an angry drunk, and he’s really mad at his ex-wife. unfortunately, serenity looks a lot like her mom…
william does their best to defend her, to pin the blame on themselves whenever she draws too much of their father’s attention. zander notices the siblings getting frailer and jumpier, but william dismisses it when he asks.
eventually, william breaks, telling zander everything, including that they’ve had a crush on him since the fifth grade. zander reciprocates. they beg him not to tell anyone about the abuse, saying that if the siblings got separated, they wouldn’t be able to handle it. he reluctantly agrees, but says that william and serenity need to come to his house whenever it gets too bad.
graduation day rolls around, and william has plans to get out of the house asap and to take serenity with them. zander says he wants to come, too, and william relents after some insisting.
the night william and serenity planned to run, serenity dies in a fit of their father’s rage. william sprints to zander’s waiting arms, choking out the news of her death into the crook of his neck, and the rest of the night is a blur to them.
when school starts again, william studies psychology, and zander studies chemistry. however, in a horrible experiment gone wrong, zander falls into a coma. william stays at his side as much as possible. when zander wakes up, though, he doesn’t even recognize them.
so, they’ve lost their parents, they’ve lost their sister, and now they might as well have lost their boyfriend, who has almost certainly fallen out of love with them at this point. so what can they do now?
as of present day, william shoves their nose in books and focuses almost exclusively on their studying. all they want now is to try making a new life from the ground up all over again. agony.
william fun facts:
-william likes foxes a lot, so much so that their favorite color is orange
-william is secretly really afraid of ghosts
-william keeps a lot of journals
-william took serenity’s packed bag the night they ran away, and they keep her teddy bear on top of their bookshelf
-william has pollen allergies
-william adores theatre tunes and would love to see a broadway show live one day
-william has multiple classic rock shirts (and yes, they can name five songs from the album)
and lastly
-william was easily startled even before they were abused
thanks again, anon. i love talking about my goobers :3